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Well i finally got a surprise maple but she's not doing so good

Came from Sydney and while unpacking the box most of the leaves were badly stuck to those puffy things people pack with and the leaves were half brown already..

She has lost half the leaves & stems... not sure what to do apart from keeping the water up and mostly in the shade

Regards
Wal

Hi Wal,
Yeah, looks a bit stressed to me, and probably dried out somewhere along the line. What you're planning to do sounds like the best option. The stems and buds still look OK and with a little TLC it should bounce back pretty quick. Good Luck.
Frank.

Thank you mate

I hope you are right.... hmmm all the leaves are dropping do you think i should just remove them to push new growth or just leave the poor thing

Regards
Wal

Hello Wal,

It's better with some leaves than none at all right now for food production.
Give it a feed of seasol and leave in a protected area for a week or two.

Winter is the best time to buy maples.
Save your money for now and look up Shibui. I have read many happy customers from Shibui.

Kevin

That Trident will be fine. Its only the leaves and they will drop in a cople of months anyway.
Just water with seasol and it will come good. Then come August repot.
Cheers
Kirky

Hi Wal

Don't know why you went that way rather than pay a visit to one of the bonsai nursery's in Brissie?

JC

Jdceng wrote:Hi Wal

Don't know why you went that way rather than pay a visit to one of the bonsai nursery's in Brissie?

JC

To be honest mate i had no idea i was getting it.... thanks again to my beautiful Mrs for everything

Regards
Wal

I'd slip pot it... that is just pot it into a larger sized pot so it's got room to grow roots. Cut the leaves off as well... You've still got another couple of months of growing season here in Brisbane, so you might as well give it a better chance at not only recovering, but putting on some nice growth.

Well little update

This little Trident is doing really good now.. i did take the last few leaves off but they were all dropping anyway.. within 2 days she was shooting again

Regards
Wal

Yeah not easy to kill tridents. They are very tough.

While my japanese maples have struggled through this insane heat in western sydney this summer the trident is a ball of green energy.

It is good they are so tough like Elms
She is powering along

Regards
Wal

It's amazing how fast these grow very very happy

I'm thinking of aiming for a upright formal mame hmm

Regards
Wal

Hi Wal,
It sure looks to be doing well. They are quite tough & resilient. I have a more advanced Trident Maple which I cut back hard and shaped severely out of what was really just a bush that had deliberately been grown like that to get plenty of ramification. I also wired it and pruned the roots a little and it has taken it all in its stride and is looking healthy, apart from some sunburned very young shoots when we had some hot days before the rain started. I forgot to roll the shadecloth cover down in the morning.

Hey Wal,

Great to see such a strong come back! You're doing a great job but I have to ask, is this kept indoors? Or do you just bring it in to photograph?

- Daniel

legoman_iac wrote:Hey Wal,

Great to see such a strong come back! You're doing a great job but I have to ask, is this kept indoors? Or do you just bring it in to photograph?

- Daniel

Thank you mate... so healthy from all the lub i give her i say
Kept in full sun and fed with powerfeed weekly
Only bring inside at night to look at with stary eyes lol and photograph


Regards
Wal